Improvement in drill-chucks



-G..B. CUBBERLEY.

DRILL-CHUCK.

No.180,117.' Patented July 25, 1876.

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N-PETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARRETT B. OUBBERLEY, OF MILl/VAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES P. THOMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.-

IMPROVEMENT IN DRlLL-CHUCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,117, dated July 25, 1876; application filed April 20, 1876.

I LEY, ot' the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Drill-Chucks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable' others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention consists in certain improvements in drill-chucks, by which the drill or tool is grasped and held between spring-jaws adapted to move to and from a common center. The spring-jaws are opened and closed by turning a burr, which surrounds them, backward or forwardturnin g the screw forward, causing the jaws to close. A reverse movement allows them to open.

The accompanying drawing represents a side view of my invention.

Ain the accompanying drawing is the shank or spindle of the drill-chuck, by which itmay be attached to the mandrel of a lathe. B B are spring-jaws. (J O is. the chuck-head. D is a burr. E is a thread upon the edge of the chuck-head 0, upon which. the burr turns. The diameter of the chuck-head O G is largest at its front end, and asthe burr D is turned forward upon the largest diameter of the chuck-head O (J, the springjaws B B are forced together. G is the drill or other tool, but loosely resting in the drill-chuck, and is made fast by turning the burr or screw D forward by hand or wrench. By a reverse movement of the burr or'screw D the jaws B B are allowed to spring apart, and the drill is thereby loosened. K is a centering. recess or hole in the spindle A for receiving the inner end of and with the burr D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GARRETT B. OUBBERLEY.

' Witnesses:

K. SHAWVAN, M. H. BIDDELL. 

